The Annual General Meeting of FOCUS Pakistan was held on Saturday 17 September, 2005 at its registered office 12-St. John’s Park, Lahore Cantt.

Nineteen Members along with Executive Committee Members and Office Bearers attended, whith Dr. Owais Farooqui president the meeting.

First of all, Secretary General Muzaffar Muhammad Ali read the minutes of previous meeting; then he presented the Annual Report, and the clippings of media coverage of different FOCUS seminars and programs about enhancing Pakistan’s image. All the participants appreciated the performance. Vice President and the In charge of financial affairs, Bashir A. Sheikh presented the annual financial report. At this point, President appealed to the members to submit their annual membership fee and donate generously to FOCUS Pakistan so that we may execute our future plans easily. Also each member was requested to identify and approach potential donors. He explained that FOCUS Pakistan is initiating a new series of seminars on the most important issues, being faced by the nation in the fields of Justice, Education, Health & Environment and Pakistan’s Image. It was decided that the first seminar will be on “Seeking Justice: A Distant Dream” will be held on Monday 3 October, at Pearl Continental Lahore at 3:00 PM. (All the members are invited, and they can bring their friends along with them, but it is requested that all the invitees must inform us prior to the seminar and the non-members must contribute Rs: 200 per head at our Reception Desk.)

President asked the members to comment on the current organizational structure and to raise any point about the organization. The House showed their satisfaction over current structure and the performance. In the end, President invited Mr. Javed, a Government official in his personal capacity to narrate the situation of Balochistan where he is posted. Mr. Javed portrayed the pathetic life of an average Baloch and suggested that FOCUS should take notice of it and hold a seminar on Balochistan and its people. The House approved the idea.